Would the Simulator/emulator/VM run on the iPad itself. If so, where would the debug console go? If not, how do you cable an iPad to another iOS device?

Will iCloud for Xcode host a proper GIT/SVN server?

To those of us who used to code on punch cards, CRT terminals, Mac Plus's, and etc., Xcode on an iPad Pro would be a comparative dream.

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A nightmare is still a nightmare, even if you've had worse ones in the past.

I imagine Git and a debug console would be easy problems. The debug console would probably be a pull-out menu (like pulling down to get Notifications Center, except maybe you'd pull it out from the left), and Git is pretty easy to port. Cables would be pretty easy too, Apple would just need to come out with a Lightning to Lightning cable.

It's all technically possible. It would require an ENORMOUS amount of work on Apple's part, since Xcode is such an incredibly massive program in and of itself. There are so many parts to it that I cannot imagine it ever being put on iOS.

Furthermore, when I'm programming I usually have 10 different programs open, like several terminal windows, photoshop, several safari windows, the simulator, Atom, an FTP client, a VNC client, etc. Can you even imagine trying to multitask like that on iOS? Heck, I don't even think the iPad pro has enough RAM to handle it at all. Even if they improved iOS' multitasking capabilities 5x it still would be difficult.

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